The Hub

This week, our team enjoyed a trip to Malealea for team-building, reflection, and inspiration! Special thank you to Khothatso Ranoosi and the Malealea Lodge, Pony Trek & Mountain Bike Centre - Lesotho for hosting us! Thanks also to Paleng - Place of Stories, Ntate Musi, Sotho Sounds Band and the Malealea Development Trust!

From February 9–13, 2026, The Hub and Moea Marimba Band teamed up with Elisa Seppänen🇫🇮, Olaotse Locx Mmileng🇿🇦, and GIRL4ce🇱🇸 for a creative music and theatre workshop to spark conversations around Gender-Based Violence:

ARTIVISM EXCHANGE From February 9–13, 2026, The Hub and Moea Marimba Band teamed up with Elisa Seppänen🇫🇮, Olaotse Locx Mmileng🇿🇦, and GIRL4ce🇱🇸 for a creative music and...

Big thanks to Tampose Mothopeng and The People's Matrix Association for joining our S&S participants for important conversations on s*x, gender, and identity. Honest conversations build understanding, respect, and safer spaces for everyone!

🎤🔥🫶Saturday's open mic was FUN! Huge thank you to all the performers, friends, supporters, participants and facilitators!

For over 10 years, The Hub’s open mic concerts have created safe spaces and platforms for young people to be creative, share their talents, and speak their truth!

Thanks to everyone who came out for our Open Mic Artivism event on Saturday! It was wonderful to see old friends, longtime supporters, past and present Hub participants and facilitators, and Hub alumni who have gone on to do great things! It was also beautiful to witness full-circle moments such as this reunion on stage! More pictures of the day to follow soon!

🎤🔥🆓 Join us tomorrow, May 23rd for an open mic event from 10am - 5pm!

Pull up and share the stage with amazing artists including Women of the Well, T Mech, Topesty K, Black Dash, Vertic Zee, the Moea Marimba Band and more 🫶 Music, dance, poetry, the stage is yours!

🎤🔥🆓 Join us on Saturday, May 23rd for an open mic event from 10am - 5pm!

Pull up and share the stage with amazing artists including Women of the Well, T Mech, Topesty K, Black Dash, Vertic Zee, the Moea Marimba Band and more 🫶 Music, dance, poetry, the stage is yours!

📌 🚸🚫We do this for the kids! Strictly clean lyrics only and no alcohol, drugs, or weapons allowed.

Catch up on Hub Talk Podcast episodes!

S04E02 Mammenyane Suzanne Motsoane shares advice with Basotho youth and young professionals on making the most of educational opportunities, securing scholarships, and navigating the job application process.
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/04H5Dth8EFOlUdHDQP8qKK?si=ad64b9dc108f4318

S04E03 The Manyority Report flips the script on who gets to tell the story with a satirical take on the news where humour meets real-world issues.
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rB1pO3eh3krhitt8gR17a?si=JNbMtp9RRre4zZG8R7Mm0w

S04E04 Thato Lekatsa shares her journey and discusses her children’s book “Lekoropele le Thabo,” exploring themes of childhood abuse and bullying while highlighting the power of literacy and writing for children to find their voice and confidence.
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/episode/04rcaUG5V3JC6dfCUfiaMb?si=0CQNH1lrQ8CcxV6Xoy32gQ

🎤🔥🆓 Join us on Saturday, May 23rd for an open mic event from 10am - 5pm!

Pull up and share the stage with amazing artists including Women of the Well, T Mech, Topesty K, Black Dash, Vertic Zee, the Moea Marimba Band and more 🫶 Music, dance, poetry, the stage is yours!

📌 🚸🚫We do this for the kids! Strictly clean lyrics only and no alcohol, drugs, or weapons allowed.

Our team has been testing out a course we have in development on the basics of Media and Information Literacy (MIL).

MIL is more important now than ever as misinformation and disinformation, including AI-generated content, increasingly influence people’s everyday lives, shape public opinion, and deepen social division.

Congratulations to the winners of the egg project organised by our intern, Mpinane Motumi, where participants spent two weeks taking care of their eggs, learning responsibility and the importance of caring for something fragile. Teboho Moshabesha and Tšeliso Fanana came out as the winners after working together and sharing duties throughout the project. They received copies of “Lekoropele le Thabo” book by Thato Lekatsa!